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worldbuildingex is live! I received a DS9 fic with some lovely Sisko & Dax interaction, and interesting bits of Trill pop culture:


Ministers of Science (1098 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jadzia Dax, Benjamin Sisko
Additional Tags: Trill Culture (Star Trek), Trill popular culture, Conversations



There were a lot of really great fics posted! Here are my faves:
District Twelve's Year (1443 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Hunger Games Fan, Original Fan of Victor
Additional Tags: 74th Hunger Games, Fans' Eye View of the Games, Victor's Fandom / stan culture among Capitol Fans
Summary:

For once, District Twelve was cool...

New Human Student FAQ (4312 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Amanda Grayson, Daniel Corrigan, Original Characters
Additional Tags: FAQ, In-Universe Meta, Mild Language, Mention of pregnancy, student life, mention of religion, Chatlogs
Summary:

There are always more questions to be asked.

On the Transmission of the Red Book of Westmarch (1032 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Findegil (Tolkien), Original Hobbit Character(s)
Additional Tags: Manuscripts and Manuscript Transmission, Paleography, In-Universe Meta, Academic Pastiche
Summary:

An excerpt from Fourth-Age Manuscript Production in the Shire by Daisy Bolger, published by the Tuckborough Historical Society in S.R. 1937.

Translated into English and made available digitally as part of the Tuckborough Archives Digitization Project.

Haudh-en-Arwen (2418 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Caranthir | Morifinwë/Haleth of the Haladin
Characters: Caranthir | Morifinwë, Druadan Woman
Additional Tags: Druedain - Freeform, Canonical Character Death, Wakes & Funerals, Elf Culture & Customs, Barrows
Summary:

"It is the night before Haleth is to be buried, and Caranthir alone sits by the fire. Haudh-en-Arwen, they call it. The Lady-barrow. He turns the words over in his thoughts, in his mouth, and the sounds feel foreign on his tongue."

Love and death according to a Noldo and a Drúadan.

A Shining Mathom by the Sea (4023 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Basso Boffin & Isengar Took, Basso Boffin & Fëanor | Curufinwë, Fëanor | Curufinwë & Isengar Took, Gandalf | Mithrandir & Isengar Took, Gerontius Took & Isengar Took
Characters: Isengar Took, Basso Boffin, Fëanor | Curufinwë, Gandalf | Mithrandir, Gerontius Took
Additional Tags: Adventure, Pre-The Hobbit, the sea, Silmarils, Middle-earth: Flat or Round?, Unlikely Friendships, Adventurous Hobbits, Worldbuilding Exchange 2022
Summary:

Isengar Took goes on an adventure and makes some remarkable friends.

A Chamber of Records (6197 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fingon | Findekáno/Maedhros | Maitimo
Characters: Caranthir | Morifinwë, Maedhros | Maitimo, Original Dwarf Characters, Maeglin | Lómion
Additional Tags: Belegost, First Age, Epistolary, maglor's gap, Himring, Dor Caranthir, Beleriand, Doriath, Post-Canon
Summary:

In the war-wrecked ruins of a mighty city of the Dwarves, letters, notes and torn-out pages blow on the wind. If you were the wind, you could read them through, and learn a little of the people who lived or visited here, those who set out from here to new places, and their hopes and plans.

Majority (4877 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vedero Drazhin & Sheveän Drazharin, Vedero Drazhin & Nemriän Imaran
Characters: Nemriän Imaran, Vedero Drazhin, Sheveän Drazharan
Additional Tags: Women's Spaces, Bechdel Test Pass, POV Female Character, Family Drama, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Vedero turns sixteen. She knows what she wants, and what is possible.